Thailand as should no longer be considered “catastrophe remote” market as a result of the recent floods and ratings downgrades for large Japanese carriers exposed to the market may soon
Caymans-based life settlement manager Assured Fund has reset the life expectancy estimates on its portfolio of policies and will cut net asset value (NAV) by over a third to
Risk Management Solutions is stepping up its game in the catastrophe bond market with its new Miu Pricing service that will attempt to offer investors new metrics in measuring performance
The Texas insurance pool targeted at hurricane events is looking to restructure, with possible outcomes including allowing state carriers to reinsure a portion of their mandated policies with the private
Frequent but strong storms — along with model changes — left “the United States just as exposed to the shifting market” although it avoided a single large 2011 catastrophe, according to a
Mississippi has “virtually no regulatory process” for building code enforcement and places last in a new ranking of 18 hurricane-prone coastal states. A report issued by the Insurance Institute
Newly formed property/casualty insurer Third Point Reinsurance was assigned a financial and credit strength rating of A- (Excellent) by A.M. Best, with the rating agency giving the vehicle
Last week’s Windstorm Andrea may part of a larger phenomenon that could lead difficult year for European insurers as the Continent faces a series of storm “clusters.” Windstorms that
European catastrophe data aggregator PERILS AG will begin to collect loss data from UK inland flooding, expanding its mandate beyond windstorm for the first time as it attempts to grow
The complete loss of the first U.S. tornado catastrophe bond less than a year after its launch is raising questions among investors about how, or whether, insurance-linked securities
Risk transfer mechanisms, including reinsurance and microinsurance, are not increasing the worlds “resilience” to climate change, according to a report [http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/images/uploads/SREX-SPM_Approved-
ProtectingAmerica.org [http://www.protectingamerica.org/] has begun lobbying Congress yet again in its half-decade long push for a federal reinsurance program to backstop states and carriers from mounting
